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Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe ~ Full Audiobook [history] Aug 06, 2022

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe audiobook.

Genre: history

Among the most “banned” books in the United States, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. Stowe was a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist. The novel is believed to have had a profound effect on the North’s view of slavery. In fact, when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe, President Lincoln is said to have commented, “So you’re the little lady whose book started the Civil War.” First published on March 20, 1852, the story focuses on the tale of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave, the central character around whose life the other characters—both fellow slaves and slave owners—revolve. The novel depicts the harsh reality of slavery while also showing that Christian love and faith can overcome even something as evil as enslavement of fellow human beings.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:25:36) Chapter 02

(00:33:21) Chapter 03

(00:45:38) Chapter 04

(01:13:45) Chapter 05

(01:34:21) Chapter 06

(01:55:26) Chapter 07

(02:25:10) Chapter 08

(03:01:49) Chapter 09

(03:41:18) Chapter 10

(04:04:49) Chapter 11

(04:38:01) Chapter 12

(05:17:40) Chapter 13

(05:39:48) Chapter 14

(06:04:54) Chapter 15

(06:44:57) Chapter 16

(07:30:07) Chapter 17

(08:11:01) Chapter 18

(08:50:08) Chapter 19

(09:39:27) Chapter 20

(10:14:43) Chapter 21

(10:26:12) Chapter 22

(10:43:14) Chapter 23

(11:00:25) Chapter 24

(11:16:30) Chapter 25

(11:27:42) Chapter 26

(11:58:43) Chapter 27

(12:17:04) Chapter 28

(12:52:02) Chapter 29

(13:10:12) Chapter 30

(13:33:59) Chapter 31

(13:48:13) Chapter 32

(14:08:02) Chapter 33

(14:24:56) Chapter 34

(14:51:33) Chapter 35

(15:06:20) Chapter 36

(15:22:10) Chapter 37

(15:37:38) Chapter 38

(16:02:44) Chapter 39

(16:25:17) Chapter 40

(16:42:20) Chapter 41

(16:58:05) Chapter 42

(17:13:06) Chapter 43

(17:33:16) Chapter 44

(17:42:21) Chapter 45

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Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Aug 05, 2022

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Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw audiobook.

Genre: drama

Caesar and Cleopatra, a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw, was first staged in 1901 and first published with Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Devil's Disciple in his 1901 collection, Three Plays for Puritans. It was first performed at Newcastle upon Tyne on March 15, 1899. London production was at the Savoy Theatre in 1907. Shaw wants to prove that it was not love but politics that drew Cleopatra to Julius Caesar. He sees the Roman occupation of ancient Egypt as similar to the British occupation that was occurring during his time. Caesar understands the importance of good government, and values these things above art and love.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:56:36) Chapter 02

(01:57:29) Chapter 03

(02:47:58) Chapter 04

(03:55:14) Chapter 05

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy] Aug 05, 2022

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

On the lonely Yorkshire moors, an orphan named Heathcliff is taken into the Earnshaw household and grows up alongside their fierce, willful daughter, Catherine. Bound by a wild, consuming attachment and sharpened by cruelty and class prejudice, the two form a relationship that is as intimate as it is destructive. When social ambition and wounded pride pull Catherine toward a safer, more respectable life, Heathcliff is left to nurse a grievance that hardens into obsession. Years later, his return to Wuthering Heights ignites old resentments and sets in motion a ruthless campaign to reclaim what he believes was stolen from him. As the storm of revenge spreads through neighboring Thrushcross Grange, the lives of the next generation are drawn into the fallout: marriages become battlegrounds, inheritance turns into a weapon, and love is twisted into possession. Told through layered voices and haunted by the landscape itself, Wuthering Heights is a dark, unforgettable tale of passion, betrayal, and the long shadow that one damaged heart can cast over an entire family.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:15:38) Chapter 02

(00:40:59) Chapter 03

(01:18:13) Chapter 04

(01:37:55) Chapter 05

(01:49:04) Chapter 06

(02:08:15) Chapter 07

(02:37:38) Chapter 08

(03:03:19) Chapter 09

(03:47:22) Chapter 10

(04:34:50) Chapter 11

(05:05:59) Chapter 12

(05:44:21) Chapter 13

(06:17:37) Chapter 14

(06:43:34) Chapter 15

(07:09:11) Chapter 16

(07:23:58) Chapter 17

(08:14:55) Chapter 18

(08:41:37) Chapter 19

(08:53:45) Chapter 20

(09:10:09) Chapter 21

(09:56:59) Chapter 22

(10:15:00) Chapter 23

(10:37:59) Chapter 24

(11:06:41) Chapter 25

(11:17:53) Chapter 26

(11:30:06) Chapter 27

(12:06:24) Chapter 28

(12:26:37) Chapter 29

(12:45:33) Chapter 30

(13:02:21) Chapter 31

(13:18:20) Chapter 32

(13:48:58) Chapter 33

(14:15:16) Chapter 34

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The Channings by Ellen Wood ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Aug 05, 2022

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The Channings by Ellen Wood audiobook.

Genre: drama

In the cathedral town of Helstonleigh, the Channings are known for steady principles, close family bonds, and a hard-won respectability tied to the Church and its schools. But when a bitter legal dispute leaves the family shaken and their prospects narrowed, the brothers Charles (Charley) and Tom Channing are forced to grow up fast amid the strict routines and rivalries of the choir school and the watchful world of the Close. A minor act of boyish mischief soon gives way to a far graver crisis: a theft, a scandal that threatens reputations, and an accusation that seems to point in the worst possible direction. Faced with the weight of family honor and his own conscience, one brother makes a choice that will bind them together with painful intensity and set them on a desperate search for the truth. As the godly Channings and the more worldly Yorkes circle one another through friendship, resentment, and uneasy attraction, Ellen Wood builds a story of sacrifice and suspicion, where public judgment can be as dangerous as private guilt, and where faith is tested not in sermons, but in consequences.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:26:36) Chapter 02

(00:37:54) Chapter 03

(00:56:42) Chapter 04

(01:12:14) Chapter 05

(01:37:16) Chapter 06

(01:52:32) Chapter 07

(02:15:28) Chapter 08

(02:26:48) Chapter 09

(02:48:15) Chapter 10

(03:05:03) Chapter 11

(03:30:43) Chapter 12

(03:52:26) Chapter 13

(04:11:31) Chapter 14

(04:30:13) Chapter 15

(04:52:28) Chapter 16

(05:04:53) Chapter 17

(05:27:03) Chapter 18

(05:45:06) Chapter 19

(06:03:34) Chapter 20

(06:23:50) Chapter 21

(06:46:57) Chapter 22

(07:10:43) Chapter 23

(07:22:56) Chapter 24

(07:53:49) Chapter 25

(08:21:13) Chapter 26

(08:35:48) Chapter 27

(09:00:39) Chapter 28

(09:17:59) Chapter 29

(09:43:32) Chapter 30

(09:55:06) Chapter 31

(10:24:36) Chapter 32

(10:37:11) Chapter 33

(11:00:21) Chapter 34

(11:20:09) Chapter 35

(11:40:34) Chapter 36

(12:00:59) Chapter 37

(12:21:49) Chapter 38

(12:38:57) Chapter 39

(13:04:00) Chapter 40

(13:16:38) Chapter 41

(13:37:47) Chapter 42

(13:54:24) Chapter 43

(14:19:58) Chapter 44

(14:31:10) Chapter 45

(14:51:21) Chapter 46

(15:11:41) Chapter 47

(15:35:47) Chapter 48

(15:53:21) Chapter 49

(16:17:26) Chapter 50

(16:33:13) Chapter 51

(16:54:32) Chapter 52

(17:12:50) Chapter 53

(17:31:51) Chapter 54

(17:52:15) Chapter 55

(18:23:19) Chapter 56

(18:35:27) Chapter 57

(19:00:47) Chapter 58

(19:20:50) Chapter 59

(19:53:53) Chapter 60

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Queen Elizabeth by Jacob Abbott ~ Full Audiobook [biography] Aug 04, 2022

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Queen Elizabeth by Jacob Abbott audiobook.

Genre: biography

There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:24:18) Chapter 02

(00:44:43) Chapter 03

(01:07:41) Chapter 04

(01:27:26) Chapter 05

(01:48:47) Chapter 06

(02:12:26) Chapter 07

(02:33:59) Chapter 08

(03:01:26) Chapter 09

(03:29:34) Chapter 10

(03:58:14) Chapter 11

(04:34:53) Chapter 12

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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1 by Edward Gibbon ~ Full Audiobook [history] Aug 04, 2022

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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1 by Edward Gibbon audiobook.

Genre: history

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings (a remarkable feat for its time). Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published as quartos, a common publishing practice of the time.The books cover the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from just before 180 to 1453 and beyond, concluding in 1590. They take as their material the behaviour and decisions that led to the decay and eventual fall of the Roman Empire in the East and West, offering an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell.Gibbon is sometimes called the first “modern historian of ancient Rome.” By virtue of its mostly objective approach and highly accurate use of reference material, Gibbon’s work was adopted as a model for the methodologies of 19th and 20th century historians.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:14:23) Chapter 2

(00:30:40) Chapter 3

(00:53:54) Chapter 4

(01:28:18) Chapter 5

(01:41:14) Chapter 6

(01:58:54) Chapter 7

(02:14:39) Chapter 8

(02:32:05) Chapter 9

(02:55:47) Chapter 10

(03:20:29) Chapter 11

(03:41:30) Chapter 12

(04:05:47) Chapter 13

(04:31:38) Chapter 14

(05:01:19) Chapter 15

(05:18:33) Chapter 16

(05:41:19) Chapter 17

(06:02:25) Chapter 18

(06:26:01) Chapter 19

(06:59:52) Chapter 20

(07:28:23) Chapter 21

(07:33:30) Chapter 22

(07:44:26) Chapter 23

(08:12:45) Chapter 24

(08:41:01) Chapter 25

(09:06:24) Chapter 26

(09:23:23) Chapter 27

(09:46:19) Chapter 28

(10:18:08) Chapter 29

(10:54:01) Chapter 30

(11:20:40) Chapter 31

(11:41:24) Chapter 32

(12:08:54) Chapter 33

(12:41:46) Chapter 34

(13:19:22) Chapter 35

(13:44:41) Chapter 36

(14:09:47) Chapter 37

(14:38:04) Chapter 38

(14:58:18) Chapter 39

(15:31:35) Chapter 40

(15:56:27) Chapter 41

(16:22:38) Chapter 42

(16:54:59) Chapter 43

(17:18:10) Chapter 44

(17:31:54) Chapter 45

(17:48:42) Chapter 46

(18:06:17) Chapter 47

(18:27:42) Chapter 48

(18:45:03) Chapter 49

(19:03:04) Chapter 50

(19:26:16) Chapter 51

(19:40:53) Chapter 52

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte ~ Full Audiobook [romance] Aug 04, 2022

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte audiobook.

Genre: romance

Orphaned and overlooked from childhood, Jane Eyre grows up determined to claim a life shaped by her own conscience rather than anyone else's cruelty or pity. After enduring the rigid discipline of a charity school, she seeks independence as a governess at Thornfield Hall, an imposing estate marked by long corridors, whispered rumors, and a sense that something is always just out of sight. There Jane meets Edward Rochester, the estate's brooding master, whose sharp intelligence and stormy moods both unsettle and draw her in. As Jane and Rochester test one another with fierce honesty, their bond deepens into something that challenges class, gender, and the limits society places on a woman with no fortune or family name. But Thornfield is not a peaceful refuge: strange disturbances rattle the household, secrets linger behind locked doors, and Jane must decide what she owes to love, to morality, and to herself. Both a gothic-tinged romance and a fiercely personal coming-of-age story, Jane Eyre follows one woman's hard-won journey toward dignity, belonging, and self-respect.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:20) Chapter 02

(00:30:42) Chapter 03

(00:51:50) Chapter 04

(01:27:12) Chapter 05

(01:57:55) Chapter 06

(02:15:34) Chapter 07

(02:38:21) Chapter 08

(02:57:35) Chapter 09

(03:18:52) Chapter 10

(03:45:41) Chapter 11

(04:23:44) Chapter 12

(04:49:22) Chapter 13

(05:13:47) Chapter 14

(05:45:47) Chapter 15

(06:17:25) Chapter 16

(06:40:36) Chapter 17

(07:29:12) Chapter 18

(08:03:20) Chapter 19

(08:26:16) Chapter 20

(09:00:06) Chapter 21

(09:49:28) Chapter 22

(10:05:13) Chapter 23

(10:29:21) Chapter 24

(11:10:24) Chapter 25

(11:38:54) Chapter 26

(12:04:39) Chapter 27

(13:06:36) Chapter 28

(13:49:46) Chapter 29

(14:17:19) Chapter 30

(14:40:36) Chapter 31

(15:00:12) Chapter 32

(15:27:42) Chapter 33

(15:56:26) Chapter 34

(16:50:15) Chapter 35

(17:16:49) Chapter 36

(17:39:07) Chapter 37

(18:25:26) Chapter 38

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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens ~ Full Audiobook [drama] Aug 04, 2022

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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens audiobook.

Genre: drama

This classic tale tells of an orphan, Pip, who through a series of strange circumstances first finds a trade as a blacksmith's apprentice and then learns that he has 'great expectations' of a future inheritance from an anonymous benefactor. He soon learns to live the profligate life of a gentleman as he gradually sheds his associations with the gentle souls of his past, Joe (the blacksmith) and Biddy (a level-headed young lady). He throws his money at improving the prospects of his roommate and friend Herbert and his heart at an 'ice princess' whose heart will never respond. But then an escaped convict from his distant past comes calling, and all Pip's hopes dissolve.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:44) Chapter 02

(00:35:23) Chapter 03

(00:48:11) Chapter 04

(01:11:22) Chapter 05

(01:37:33) Chapter 06

(01:42:44) Chapter 07

(02:10:35) Chapter 08

(02:41:34) Chapter 09

(02:59:48) Chapter 10

(03:16:16) Chapter 11

(03:50:55) Chapter 12

(04:05:42) Chapter 13

(04:25:45) Chapter 14

(04:31:15) Chapter 15

(04:59:32) Chapter 16

(05:11:30) Chapter 17

(05:32:48) Chapter 18

(06:06:00) Chapter 19

(06:43:55) Chapter 20

(07:03:55) Chapter 21

(07:16:06) Chapter 22

(07:48:47) Chapter 23

(08:09:54) Chapter 24

(08:25:28) Chapter 25

(08:43:52) Chapter 26

(09:01:27) Chapter 27

(09:21:27) Chapter 28

(09:36:30) Chapter 29

(10:08:55) Chapter 30

(10:31:40) Chapter 31

(10:46:16) Chapter 32

(11:00:48) Chapter 33

(11:19:04) Chapter 34

(11:34:31) Chapter 35

(11:54:57) Chapter 36

(12:12:23) Chapter 37

(12:31:06) Chapter 38

(13:04:18) Chapter 39

(13:36:53) Chapter 40

(14:12:10) Chapter 41

(14:26:36) Chapter 42

(14:47:23) Chapter 43

(15:00:27) Chapter 44

(15:20:34) Chapter 45

(15:40:14) Chapter 46

(15:59:19) Chapter 47

(16:16:16) Chapter 48

(16:34:41) Chapter 49

(16:59:03) Chapter 50

(17:09:42) Chapter 51

(17:29:47) Chapter 52

(17:43:08) Chapter 53

(18:15:36) Chapter 54

(18:51:39) Chapter 55

(19:10:08) Chapter 56

(19:24:20) Chapter 57

(19:56:32) Chapter 58

(20:18:07) Chapter 59

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Bleak House by Charles Dickens ~ Full Audiobook [mystery] Aug 03, 2022

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Bleak House by Charles Dickens audiobook.

Genre: mystery

Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to be one of Dickens' finest and most complete novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. Dickens tells all of these both through the narrative of the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and as an omniscient narrator. Memorable characters include the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, the friendly but depressive John Jarndyce and the childish Harold Skimpole. The plot concerns a long-running legal dispute (Jarndyce and Jarndyce) which has far-reaching consequences for all involved

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:05:47) Chapter 01

(00:22:42) Chapter 02

(00:40:51) Chapter 03

(01:25:24) Chapter 04

(01:53:24) Chapter 05

(02:25:43) Chapter 06

(03:15:39) Chapter 07

(03:40:37) Chapter 08

(04:27:25) Chapter 09

(05:01:50) Chapter 10

(05:28:12) Chapter 11

(06:02:26) Chapter 12

(06:36:41) Chapter 13

(07:11:10) Chapter 14

(07:59:01) Chapter 15

(08:32:48) Chapter 16

(08:53:58) Chapter 17

(09:26:00) Chapter 18

(10:05:06) Chapter 19

(10:37:22) Chapter 20

(11:10:53) Chapter 21

(11:51:12) Chapter 22

(12:21:18) Chapter 23

(13:03:28) Chapter 24

(13:44:02) Chapter 25

(14:05:48) Chapter 26

(14:35:28) Chapter 27

(15:04:54) Chapter 28

(15:32:30) Chapter 29

(15:55:06) Chapter 30

(16:32:22) Chapter 31

(17:07:50) Chapter 32

(17:39:02) Chapter 33

(18:13:57) Chapter 34

(18:49:45) Chapter 35

(19:24:57) Chapter 36

(20:02:45) Chapter 37

(20:45:59) Chapter 38

(21:09:55) Chapter 39

(21:49:53) Chapter 40

(22:18:52) Chapter 41

(22:39:39) Chapter 42

(22:57:05) Chapter 43

(23:33:21) Chapter 44

(23:49:02) Chapter 45

(24:19:05) Chapter 46

(24:38:36) Chapter 47

(25:10:59) Chapter 48

(25:48:59) Chapter 49

(26:20:54) Chapter 50

(26:43:38) Chapter 51

(27:09:35) Chapter 52

(27:33:51) Chapter 53

(28:00:54) Chapter 54

(28:49:22) Chapter 55

(29:26:03) Chapter 56

(29:45:38) Chapter 57

(30:26:09) Chapter 58

(30:59:55) Chapter 59

(31:29:51) Chapter 60

(31:59:11) Chapter 61

(32:23:46) Chapter 62

(32:44:03) Chapter 63

(33:01:50) Chapter 64

(33:27:19) Chapter 65

(33:43:27) Chapter 66

(33:54:40) Chapter 67

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Metaphysics by Aristotle ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy] Aug 02, 2022

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Metaphysics by Aristotle audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

Aristotle's Metaphysics is a foundational inquiry into what it means for anything to be. Written as a series of tightly argued investigations, it follows Aristotle as he searches for first causes and first principles - the deepest explanations that underlie nature, change, and knowledge. Along the way, he examines and critiques earlier thinkers, testing their answers about reality and exposing what they leave unexplained. Central to the work is the question of being itself: what kinds of things exist, what it means to call something a substance, and how form, matter, potentiality, and actuality help make sense of change without dissolving identity. Aristotle also confronts the tension between the world of everyday objects and the pull toward ultimate explanation, building toward a vision of a highest kind of understanding that unifies science, logic, and theology. Dense, challenging, and surprisingly wide-ranging, Metaphysics is not a single linear treatise so much as a guided struggle with the most basic problems of philosophy - why there is order rather than chaos, how thought can grasp reality, and what it would mean to know something in the fullest sense.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:29:31) Chapter 02

(01:00:31) Chapter 03

(01:36:18) Chapter 04

(01:50:35) Chapter 05

(02:20:29) Chapter 06

(02:49:00) Chapter 07

(03:11:31) Chapter 08

(03:35:27) Chapter 09

(04:05:45) Chapter 10

(04:39:10) Chapter 11

(05:15:58) Chapter 12

(05:48:45) Chapter 13

(06:11:42) Chapter 14

(06:38:04) Chapter 15

(07:05:47) Chapter 16

(07:34:04) Chapter 17

(08:03:10) Chapter 18

(08:35:54) Chapter 19

(09:11:20) Chapter 20

(09:36:19) Chapter 21

(10:08:49) Chapter 22

(10:37:56) Chapter 23

(11:09:25) Chapter 24

(11:47:57) Chapter 25

(12:15:56) Chapter 26

(12:48:01) Chapter 27

(13:27:50) Chapter 28

(14:01:35) Chapter 29

(14:29:36) Chapter 30

(15:06:26) Chapter 31

(15:39:32) Chapter 32

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